Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God ：Three Christian Scholars and Their Engagement with Islamic Thought (9th Century C.E.) ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Three Christian Scholars and Their Engagement with Islamic Thought (9th Century C.E.)

Publication series ：1

Author： Husseini   Sara Leila  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9789004279698

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004278387

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004278387

Subject： B91 对宗教的分析和研究

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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In Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God, Sara Husseini examines the writings of three ninth century Christian theologians, analysing their engagement with Islamic theology in order to articulate the doctrine of the Trinity in an Arabic Islamic context.

Chapter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Three Arabic-Speaking Christian Theologians аnd Their Writings оn the Doctrine of the Trinity (c. 800–850)

1 Historical and Intellectual Environment

Christians in the Islamic Empire: Historical, Social and Linguistic Contexts

Historical Context

Social Context

Linguistic Environment

Christian Theologising on the Trinity

Philoxenus of Mabbug (d. 523)

John of Damascus (c. 675–c. 754)

Muslim Тheologising on the Nature and Unity of God

Abū al-Hudhayl (c. 750–c. 840)

Ibn Kullāb (d.c. 855)

Nature of kalām

Muslim Criticisms of the Doctrine of the Trinity

2 Theodore Abū Qurra (c. 750–c. 830)

Background

Biography

Historical Context

Intellectual Context

Works Relating to the Trinity

Setting the Context

Relationship between Faith and Reason

Christianity as the True Religion

Explanation of the Trinity

Scriptural Proofs

Rational Analogies

Attributes of God

Response to Muslim Questions

Theodore Abū Qurra’s Understanding of the Nature of God

3 Abū Rāʾita Al-Takrītī (c. 755–c. 835)

Background

Biography

Historical Context

Intellectual Context

Works Relating to the Trinity

Setting the Context

Agreement that God is One

Explanation of the Trinity

Types of Oneness

Absolute vs. Relative Names

Response to Muslim Questions

Abū Rāʾiṭa’s Understanding of the Nature of God

4 ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī (d.c. 840)

Background

Biography

Historical Context

Intellectual Context

Works Relating to the Trinity

Setting the Context

What can be Known about God

Criticism of Teaching that God has no ‘Word’ or ‘Life’

God’s Relationship to His Word and Life

Explanation of the Trinity

Four ‘Categories’

‘One and Three’ is Not a Numerical Issue

Al-uqnūm and the Relationship Between Substance and Hypostases

Biblical Proofs

Response to Muslim Questions

ʿAmmār’s Understanding of the Nature of God

Part 2 The Role and Function of Christian Explanations of the Trinity in Arabic

5 The Tools of Christian Arabic Apologetic and Polemic

Analogy and Metaphor

Scriptural Proofs

Terminology

Rational and Logical Proofs

‘The Unity of Species’

‘A Question for the Muslims’

‘The Headship of God’

‘Three is the Perfect Number’

The “Attribute-Apology”

6 Christian Theologians Employing Muslim Theology

Priorities, Emphases and the Engagement with Islamic Thought

Abū Qurra

Abū Rāʾiṭa

ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī

The Role of Christian Arabic Works

Audience and Purpose

The Place of Early Christian Theology in Arabic

Conclusion

Bibliography

Bible and Qur’an Citations

Index of People and Places

Subject Index

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